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Large swaths of forestland in the central highlands have been allocated to enterprises for management, but recently a number wrongdoings and violations have come to light, calling into question the wisdom of this policy.

VietNamNet Bridge – Dak Lak provincial authorities have allocated tens of thousands of hectares of forest land to private companies to grow rubber. The elephants’ house, therefore, has been devastated.

People in the central and Central Highlands region of Vietnam have been facing with the serious environmental pollution and disease outbreak after the recent flooding caused by the tropical storm No.8.

Nguyen Tan Thanh in Quang Binh Province puts the bed in a higher place to escape floodwaters (Photo: SGGP) Five people have died and ten people are reported missing after heavy rains in the central and highland provinces in the last few days.

VietNamNet Bridge – Not only destroying hundreds of hectares of cultivated crops, the wild elephants in the central province of Dak Lak have become even more aggressive, repeatedly striking down people to death.

Farmers in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) region are replacing their cacao, rubber and cashew orchards with other trees that offer higher profits despite warnings from authorities of an oversupply.